Astronomers recently captured this rare structure using NSF NOIRLab’s Gemini South telescope. The image is that of a reflection nebula, nicknamed the Toby Jug Nebula, resembling the shape of an old style English pottery jug.
Apr 29th: Playing Connect-the-dots Around a Baby Star
Have you ever played a connect-the-dots game? Recently, astronomers noticed a mysterious spiral pattern hiding around a baby star. But instead of dots, the pattern was made up by a strange kind of physics phenomenon called masers!
Jan 10th: Gamma-ray Bursting With Surprises
In 2021, NASA’s Fermi & Swift space telescopes simultaneously picked up a powerful flash of gamma rays – named GRB 211211A, that was unusually close to our planet, only about a billion light-years away. So this GRB is one of the last GRBs to happen.
Nov 22nd: Cosmic Perspectives: Dutch Astronomy in Wider Society – UNAWE
Today in Cosmic Perspectives we will feature Prof. Ewine van Dishoeck and Prof. George Miley to discuss about @UNAWE as the beneficial impact of Dutch astronomy on society. #365DaysOfAstro
Jun 23rd: A Cosmic Duet
Astronomers have just captured a new image of a beautiful sort of “dance” between two galaxies: the spiral NGC 1512, it’s the pretty, large, barred spiral in the picture, and its small neighbor NGC 1510.
Feb 13th: The Big Rip is Coming, Look Busy!
Does the Universe go on forever or does it have an edge? Has it always existed and if not, how old is it? Will it end? more at #365DaysOfAstro today’s @unawe #spacescoop